• Debian Jr. - Report 2021-W50

    From Stefan Kropp@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 19 09:40:02 2021
    Hello Debian Jr. Team,

    small report of things which has been started this and last week. Also
    things I would like to do in 2022.

    * What's new?
    * Project goal
    * Tasks
    * Homepage

    # What's new?

    ## Wiki Page

    I added some information on the wiki page

    https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJr

    ## Debian Jr. Team blog

    Yesterday, I created a Debian Jr. Blog Page

    https://debian-jr-team.pages.debian.net/blog/

    I think it would be very helpful for Debian Jr. Users.

    ## Packages

    junior-doc: I will adopt junior-doc (#848987)
    1.16.3 will have the Debian Jr. Team as Maintainer and myself as
    uploader. I still have some issues with the access rights on
    salsa. I guess, I need to be added as maintainer.

    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/junior-doc/-/merge_requests/1/diffs

    debian-junior: I also prepared 1.30 for debian-junior.
    Added myself as Uploader and did some small changes.

    # Project goal

    The goal of Debian Junior is to make Debian an OS that children
    will enjoy using.

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    Debian Junior: Debian for children from 1 to 99

    * To make Debian an OS that children of all ages will want to
    use, preferring it over the alternatives.

    * To care for those applications in Debian suitable for
    children, and ensure their quality, to the best of our
    abilities.

    * To make Debian a playground for children's enjoyment and
    exploration.

    The main target is young children. By the time children are
    teenaged, they should be comfortable with using Debian without
    any special modifications.

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    Debian Jr. (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr) is an internal
    project to make Debian an OS that children of all ages will want
    to use. Our initial focus will be on producing something for
    children up to age 8. Once we have accomplished this, our next
    target age range is 7 to 12. By the time children reach their
    teens, they should be comfortable with using Debian without any
    special modifications.

    Debian Jr. provides a collection of packages for children and
    their guides. Beyond merely providing entertainment, the packages
    we have selected cover a broad range of areas, from those which
    help the child visualize what is inside their operating system
    (lavaps, xcruise) to music, art, writing and programming (xmms,
    gimp, abiword and python) as well as some games and desktop toys.
    We hope that child and guides alike will have fun, learn
    together, and make creative use of this excellent free software.

    Ultimately, we owe the free software authors and maintainers the
    thanks for what they have given the world. Our work is to gather
    their work together into the Debian distribution, making it
    readily available to children and their guides. Once we select a
    package, we care for its quality, listening to the users, sending
    wishlists, bug reports, and fixes to Debian and upstream
    maintainers. It is this constant dialog between users and
    developers that ensures that the free software and our users
    continue to be our priorities, as we have promised in our Social
    Contract.

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    Quickguide in junior-doc

    # Tasks

    The tasks provide in Debian Jr. can be found here: https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/debian-junior

    * Task: junior-art
    * Task: junior-education
    * Task: junior-games-adventure
    * Task: junior-games-arcade
    * Task: junior-games-card
    * Task: junior-games-gl
    * Task: junior-games-net
    * Task: junior-games-puzzle
    * Task: junior-games-sim
    * Task: junior-games-text
    * Task: junior-internet
    * Task: junior-math
    * Task: junior-programming
    * Task: junior-sound
    * Task: junior-system
    * Task: junior-toys
    * Task: junior-typing
    * Task: junior-video
    * Task: junior-writing

    Be honest, I'm sure if this definition of those tasks fits the
    goal. I would like to think and discuss the definition of tasks.
    What will be the use cases of Debian Jr.?

    * Which task will you install or do not install?
    * What about defining tasks based on the age?
    * What about safe use of internet and privacy on internet based
    applications?
    * What should be the applications which will be used as default
    by an Debian installer?

    I'm still looking for the definition of the DoudouLinux tasks:
    https://blends.debian.org/junior/tasks/
    I was not able to finde those.

    # Homepage

    The website https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ is referenced
    on some documents. I think it would be nice to get this website
    back. I think the definition of the project goal written in the quickquide would be a nice text to be on this website.

    --
    Stefan

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